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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12191	The riches of mercie In two treatises: 1 Lydia's conversion. 2. A rescue from death. By the late learned, and reverend divine, Richard Sibbs, Doctor in Divinitie. Published by the authors own appointment, and subscribed with his owne hand to prevent imperfect copies.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1638 (1638)	STC 22501; ESTC S100975	53,245	274

God they are the three issues of a gracious beleeuing heart and where they are not there is no faith at all I beseech you let us imitate this blessed woman You see here the name of Lydia is precious in the Church the name of Lydia as it is sayd of Iosiah it is as a boxe of oyntment powred out the name of Lydia cannot bee named in the Church but there is a sweete sauour with it As soone as shee beleeued the Holy Ghost the spirit of GOD blowing upon the garden of her heart where the spice of Grace was sowed stirred vp a sweete sent of faith and of bountie and liberalitie in the cause of Christ. Let not this bee in vaine to us but euery one of us labour to bee like Lydia you see what loadestone drew PAVL heere to goe unto her house shee had Faith and shee expressed it in loue Let us labour to haue faith and to expresse it in loue to GOD vnto CHRIST to his people and word and ordinances that haue his stampe on them and let us boldly owne the cause of CHRIST let us not regard the censures of vaine men that say thus and thus Faith and loue forget danger it is bold Shee forgot all the danger that shee was in by countenancing Paul and such men Let us labour for faith and loue and wee shall not say this and that There is a Lion in the way but wee shall goe on boldly vntill wee doe receiue the end of our faith and loue the salvation of our soules FINIS The Table A. Abasement part page CHrists word powerfull in his abasement 2.92 Affections Affections to Religion strong in women 1.9 Affliction Affliction why sent of God 2.58 Prayer a remedy in affliction 2.60 Angels Praise a duty fit for Angels 2.108 Appetite To blesse God for appetite 2.46 Spiritual appetite how recovered 2.140 Attend Attention God opens the heart to attend 1.46 Attention necessary 1.54 Directions to attend on the Word 1.57 Trials of attending aright 1.69 Attire Selling and wearing rich Attire lawfull 1.17 Atheisme see Nature B. Baptisme Baptisme a seale of salvation 1.76 How to thinke of our Baptisme 1.78 Beginning Great things from small beginnings 1.11 Boldnesse see Sinceritie C. Callings Callings allowed of God 1.14 Censure Censure of wicked men not to be regarded 2.24 Command Command of God over all things 2.84 Commerce Commerce lawfull 1.15 Confirme Approbation of strong Christians confirmes the weak 1.95 Crie Gods children crie in afflictions 2.57 D. Death Gates of death what 2.49 Death how to disarme it 2.53 Deferre God why hee deferres helpe 2.81 Dishonour Only wicked men dishonour God 2.104 displease To take heed of displeasing God 2.87 Distemper What to doe in spirituall distempers 2.141 Divinitie Divinitie transcends other Arts. 2.37 E. End Fooles forget their End 2.17 Epicures Happinesse of Epicures unstable 2.45 Extremitie see Crie F Faith Faith trialls of it 1.104 Fooles Folly Wicked men fooles 2.9 Why they are fooles 2.10 Folly in Gods children 2.25 Fruitfull True faith fruitfull 1.101 G. Garments Garments the use of them 1.16 Gates see Death God God to bee sought in trouble 2.35 Gospell Gospell the ground of faith 1.50 H. Heathen God heares the prayers of the Heathen 2.21 Heart Heart opened by God 1.32.34 Heart what meant by it 1.40 Humiliation Ground of humiliation of wicked men 2.21 I. Iesting Iesting with sinne a signe of folly 2.16 Invitation Lydia's invitation 1.99 Iustifie To justifie God in his judgements 2.33 L. Labourers Labourers to be prayed for in Gods harvest 1.52 Love Trials of faith by love 1.104 M. Meanes God brings the elect under meanes 1.29 Mind The mind must be sanctified to attend to the Word 1.43 Miserie Miserie of wicked men 2.50 Why God suffers men to fall into great miserie 2.55 Murmuring Murmuring in trouble the cause of it 2.39 N. Nature Atheisme against nature 2.57 Notice God takes particular notice of his 1.7 O. Open. Trials whether the heart bee open 1.46 See heart Passion Wicked men fooles for their passion 2.12 Passion how it presents things 2.13 Patience Patience to others the ground of it 1.38 Patience in our selves 2.34 People People of three sorts before Christ. 1.19 Pestilence To praise God for deliverance from the pestilence 2.129 Physitian God the best Physitian 1.71 Power Powerfull Gods word Powerfull 2.83 Incouragements to pray from Gods power 2.89 See Abasement Poyson Sinne as poyson 2.41 Prayer What state we are fit to pray in 2.62 Prayer to God successefull 2.73 See affliction Praise All men to praise God 2.99 Other creatures how they prayse God 2.102 Prayse the end of all we doe 2.109 Helps and meanes to prayse God 2.113 Preached The Word preached the usuall meanes of faith 1.51 Preaching how to be prized 1.54 Preparation Workes of preparation necessary 1.20 Preparation from God 1.21 Preparations remove hindrances 1.22 Progresse of preparation 1.24 Preparations not to bee rested in 1.31 Providence Instances of Gods providence 2.3 R. Rod. Sinne puts a rod into Gods hand 2.40 S. Sicknesse Sinne the cause of sicknesse 2.32 Sicknesse how from God 2.38 Extremitie of sicknesse 2.43 Naturall cause of sicknesse 2.44 How to converse with the sicke 2.47 To have recourse to God in sicknesse 2.73 Sight Foure things requisite to sight 1.55 Sinne. Aggravation of sinne 2.22 Vnhappy succession of sinne 2.31 Beginnings of sinne to bee avoided Ibid. Particular sinnes to be searÃ§hed out 2.34 What sinnes hinder prayer 2.82 Sinceritie The boldnesse of sinceritie 1.95 Soule God by his Word heales the soule 1.137 T. Table Whence the breach of the second Table comes 2.27 W. Waiting Waiting after prayer necessarie 2.79 Weake How to judge of weake Christians 1.77 Wisdome Spirituall Wisdome to bee begged 2.23 Wittie Wicked men wittie in their Generation 2.18 Women See Affections Word See Power Worldling The course of Worldlings 2.35 Wound Fooles wound themselves 2.20 FINIS A Rescue from DEATH with a Returne of Praise PSAL. 107.17 c. Fooles because of their transgressions and because of their iniquities are afflicted c. THis Psalme containeth some passages concerning Gods particular sweete Providence not onely to the Church but to other men for Hee that created all things even the meanest creature must haue a providence over all things his providence must extend it selfe as large as his creation for what is providence but a continuance of creation a preservation of those things in being that God hath given to have a being The Prophet here of purpose opposeth the profane conceits of them that thinke God sits in heaven and lets things goe on earth as if he cared not for them it was the fault of the best Philosophers to ascribe too much to second causes The Psalmist here shewes that God hath a most particular providence in every thing First hee sets it downe in generall and then hee brancheth it out into particulars especially foure wherein hee specifieth Gods providence The first instance is of those

hath discharged that he comes to parents and masters and children and servants and such particular duties because the spring of our duty to man is our duty to God and the first justice is the justice of religion to God when we are not just to giue God his due thereupon come all breaches in our civill conversation and commerce with men for want of the feare of God men doe this as Ioseph sayd how shall I doe this and offend God and Abraham he had a conceit they would abuse his wife Surely the feare of God is not here therefore he thought they would not bee afraid to doe any thing he that feares not God if opportunitie serue he will not be afraid to violate the second table hee that feares God hee will reason how shall I doe this to wrong another in his name and reputation or in his estate sin against God for I cannot sinne against man but I must first sin against God that is the reason he sets it downe thus transgressions and iniquities See an vnhappy succession of sinne that where there is transgression there will be iniquitie when a man yeelds to lust once presently he breaks upon Gods due and then upon mans one sin drawes on another as wee see David giving way to one sin it brought another so the giving way to transgression neglecting the word of God and duties of religion presently another followes neglect of dutie to men Take heed of the beginnings of sinne there are degrees in Sathans schoole from ill to worse till we come to worst of all and there is no staying it is like the descent down a steepe hill let us stop in the beginning by any meanes as we would avoid iniquitie let us take heed of transgression Are afflicted HEE meanes especially that affliction of sicknesse as appeares by the words following Sin is the cause of all sicknesse Fooles for their transgressions and iniquities are afflicted for Gods quarrell is especially against the soule and to the body because of the soule I will not dwell on this point having spoken of it at large on another text The Use that I will make of it now shall bee First of all If sinne be the cause of all sicknesse Let us justifie God and condemne our selues complaine of our selues and not of God Wherfore doth the living man complaine and murmure and fret Man suffereth for his sinne Iustifie God and judge our selues I wil beare the wrath the Lord because I have sinned against him judge our selues and we shall not bee judged Then againe is sin the cause of sicknes it should teach us patience I held my tongue because thou Lord diddest it Shall not a man be patient in that he hath procured by his owne evill and sin And search our selues for usually it is for some particular sin which conscience will tell a man of and sometimes the kind of the punishment will tell a man for sins of the body God punisheth in the body he payes men home in their owne coyne what measure a man measureth to others shall bee measured to him againe If a man have beene cruell to others God will stirre vp those that shall be so to him therefore we should labour to part with our particular transgressions and iniquities It is a generall truth for all ills whatsoeuer as well as this of sicknesse Therefore we should first of all goe to God by confession of sinne It is a preposterous course that the athesticall carelesse world takes where the Physitian ends there the divine begins when they know not what to doe If diseases come from sinne then make vse of the divine first to certifie the conscience and to acquaint a man with his owne mercy First to search them and let them see the guilt of their sins and then to speake comfort to them and to set accounts straite betweene God them as in Ps. 32. an excellent place David roared his moysture was turned into the drought of summer what course doth hee take he doth not run to the Physitian presently but goes to God Then sayd I it was an inward resolution and speech of the mind then I concluded with my selfe I will confesse my sinne to God and thou for gavest my iniquities and sinne so body and soule were healed at once Divinity herein transcends all other Arts not onely corrupt nature and corrupt courses but all other For the Phisitian hee looks to the cause of the sicknesse out of a man or in a man out of a man and then especially in contagious sicknesse hee looks to the influence of the heavens in such a yeare such conjunctions and such eclipses haue beene he lookes to the infection of the Ayre to subordinate causes to contagious company and to diet c. And then in a man to the distemper of the humours and of the spirits when the instrument of nature is out of tune it is the cause of sicknesse But the divine and every Christian that should be a divine in this respect goes higher and sees all the discord betweene God and vs there is not that sweet harmony there and so all the jarres in second causes come from God as the cause inflicting from sin as the cause demeriting The Divine considers those two alway The Phisitian lookes to the inward distemper and the outward contagion and this is well and may be done without sin but men must ioyne this too to looke into conscience and looke vp to God together with looking for helpe to the Physitian because we haue especially to deale with God I would this were considered that wee might carry our selues more Christian-like vnder any affliction whatsoever what is the reason that people murmure struggle and striue as a bull in a net as the Prophet speakes when God hampers them in some judgement They looke to the second causes and neuer looke to cleare the conscience of sinne nor never looke to God when indeed the ground of all is God offended by sinne Fooles for their transgressions are afflicted We by our sins put a rod into Gods hand A rod for the fooles backe as Salomon saith and when wee will be fooles wee must needs indure the scourge and rod in one kind or other those that will sin must looke for a rod it is the best reward of wicked and vaine fooles that make a jest of sinne as the wiseman saith They cast firebrands and say am I not in jest That raile and scorne at good things that sweare and carrie themselues in a loose ridiculous scandalous fashion as if God did not eye their carriage and yet am I not injest Well it is no jesting matter sinne is like a secret poyson perhaps it doth not worke presently as there are some kind of subtile poysons made in these dayes wherein the Devill hath whetted mens wits that will worke perhaps a yeare after so sinne if

sweet to vs Deliverance from troble and sicknesse because it is a pledge of our spirituall deliverance in Christ the deliverance from hell and damnation what comfort can a man haue that knowes not his state in grace in the enjoying of his health when hee shall think he is but as a sheepe kept for the slaughter hee knows not whether hee be in the favour of God or no Therefore let vs come and renew our faith in the forgiuenesse of our sinnes through the blood of Christ of whom we are made partakers in the Sacrament For if we beleiue our deliverance from hell and damnation by the body of Christ broken and his bloodshed then every thing will be sweet when we know God loues us to life everlasting then every thing in the way to life everlasting euen dayâ—â— bread will be sweete because the same loue that giues heauen giues dayly food and the same loue that redeemes us from hell redeemes us from sicknes therefore let us labour to strengthen our faith in the maine that wee may bee thankfull for the lesse And as we enter into new couenant with God so labour to keepe it in Levit. 26. euery thing auengeth the breaking of Gods couenant when we make couenant to serue him better for the time to come and yet breake it God is forced to send his messenger he sends sicknesse to avenge his Covenant considering that he hath lately so auenged it let it make us so much the more circumspect in our carriage So much for this time and text FINIS Imprimatur Thomas Wykes May 11 1638. Vers. 9â— Parts of the text God takes particular notice of his Womens affections to religion strong Reas. 1. 2 3 Great things in religion from small beginnings Callings allowed by God Commerce lawfull Vse of garments The selling and wearing rich attire lawfull Object 3. Sorts of people before Christ Workes of preparation necessary to conversion Preparations are from God Preparations remooue hindrances Quest. Answ. Progresse of preparation God brings his elect under means Preparations not to be rested in God opens the heart 1 The heart naturally shut 2 God alone opens the heart 1 There is want of ability in the soule 2 There is an opposition Vse Patience to others 2 Tim. 2. Thankfulnesse What ment by heart The mind must bee sanctified to attend to the word God opens the heart to attend Vse Triall whether our hearts be opened The Gospell the Ground of faith The word preached the usuall meanes of faith Rom. 10. Vse To pray â—or labouâ—â—ers in Gods harâ—est To prize the ordinance of preaching Attention necessarie 4 Things requisite to â—ight Directions to attend on the word 1 Search our wants 2 Come with subjection 3 To get the word ingrafted 4 Meditation Quest. How to know we attend aright Answ. 1 When wee know not the word but the things 2 The soule ecchoes to the word 3 They see things in their owne light They judge according to their profit Baptisme the seale of salvation How to thinke of our Baptisme Honour of good governours of families Good instructions may be effectuall long after Christians easie to be intreated Approbation of strong Christians confirmes the weake To judge well of Christians Lydias invitation To shew her loue To be further instâ—â—cted Faith fruitfull Triall of faith by love 1 To Christ. 2 To his members 3 To his Word The scope of the Psalme 4 Instance of Gods providence vers 4. vers 10. vers 17. Verse 23 Division oâ— the text Who ment by fooles Why wicked men are termed fooles 1 For lack of discerning 2 For passion Passion presents things falsely 3 Iesting with sinne 4 Forgetfulnesse of his end Wicked men wittie in their generation 5 He wounds himselfe Vse 1. To humble wicked men 2 Aggravation of sinne 3 Begge spirituall wisdome 4 Not to passe for the censures of the wicked Folly in Gods children Psa. 38.5 Psal. 73. The breach of the second table comes from the breach of the first â—nhappy succession of sin Vse Take heed of beginnings of sinne Doct. Sinne the cause of sicknesse 1 Cor. 11.31 Vse 1. To justifie God 2 To be patient 3 Search out our particular sin To seeke God in trouble The course of worldlings Psal. 32. Divinity transcends other arts Sicknesse how from God how from sin The cause of murmuring in trouble Sin puts a rod in Gods hand Sin a poyson Salvian Extremity of sicknes Naturall cause of sicknesse Happines of Epicures vnstable To blesse God for appetite How to converse with the sicke Gates of death Death it selfe 2 Authority of death Misery of wicked men Rom. 5. 3 Power of death Vse To disarme death 2 Cor. 15. Doct. God suffers men to fall to great misery Reas. 1. 3. Gods children cry to him in affliction Atheisme against nature Why God sendeth affliction To submit to God patiently Prayer a speciall remedie in affliction To be in a state fit to pray 1 Take heed of knowne sinne 2 Heare God calling on us Exhortation to prayer Prayer best before affliction Mal. 3 Remember the Church in our prayers God the best Physitian 2 Chron. 7.14 Vse To haue recourse to God in sicknes Doct. Prayer to God successefull Psal. 38. Rom. 8. God hears heathens Much more his children Luke 11. Object Answ. Wayting after prayer necessary God deferres for our good Beloved sins hinder prayer Gods powerful word Gods command over all things Vse Take heed of displeasing God Jncouragement to pray from Gods power Christs word in his abasement powerfull All men praise Goâ— To praise God for others Especially for our selues Luke 2 1â— 14. Creatures prayse God bow Rom. 8. Psal. 103. Wicked men only dishonour God Prayse a duty fit for Angels Prayse the fruit and end of all we doe Of hearing Of the Sacrament Praysing God the end of the creation Rom. 1. It is the end of redemption Ephes. 1. Psal. 50. Jt is the end of our particular deliverances Rev. 4. Rev. 5. Helps and meanes to praise God Consider our owne vnworthinesse 2 Not to rest on second causes The necessity and use of the blessing 4 Dayly register Gods favours To prayse God with that which is in us Psal. 103. Our vnderstaning Memory Ioy. Tongue In the great visitation 1625. Simile Concerning deliverance from the plague to blesse God 1 That hee would correct 1 Cor. 11.33 2 That hee would do it himselfe 3 That he stayed the Pestilence 4 That our lives were spared 5 That it spread not farre God by his Word heales the soule Symptome of a sicke soule To recover spirituall appetite What to do in spirituall distempers Levit. 26.

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